Hilton at the Ageas Bowl, the stunning 171-bedroom hotel, located at the home of Hampshire Cricket, boasts a luxury eforea spa, BEEFY’S fine dining restaurant, Lakeview Sports Bar, a gym and extensive meeting and event space as well as the venue's 18-hole golf course, Boundary Lakes.

With all this to keep you busy and a whole host of entertainment right on your doorstep, we're confident you won't be able to stay for long enough.

The Ageas Bowl's, including Hilton at the Ageas Bowl, broad range of stylish and luxurious suites, cutting edge audio-visual capabilities and bespoke catering provision, deem the picture-perfect venue the ideal location for a vast array of meetings, weddings and events.

Whether it’s an intimate meeting for ten in our boardroom, a lavish wedding ceremony for 200 in our Ageas Media Centre or an exhibition in our expansive Ageas Ballroom, you can be sure that whatever your requirements, we’ll have them covered.

The Ageas Bowl and Hilton at the Ageas Bowl host a vast array of events and showpiece occasions throughout the year.

2017 saw Rock Legend Bryan Adams and the world's number one girl band, Little Mix, perform at the Ageas Bowl, not forgetting three thrilling England Internationals; Eoin Morgan's white-ball side faced South Africa twice and the Windies last summer.

The Ageas Bowl's spectacular Fireworks Party returned in November and 2018 will see the colossal England v India Test Match arrive!

Hampshire Cricket in the Community use the power of sport, the world-class facilities at the Ageas Bowl and the Hampshire Cricket squad to inspire people to play cricket, engage in education and live well.

Explore our sporting and educational provision, community events, local partnerships as well as ways to support us.

The Ageas Bowl is home to Hampshire Cricket, the new Hilton at the Ageas Bowl and hosts England Internationals, but the venue’s offering doesn’t end there.

The iconic ground is also home to an elite sports medicine centre, the Hampshire Wellbeing Centre, the rapidly expanding amateur boxing club, Poseidon, the Hedge End Running Club as well as the newly-opened Sanjha Punjabi Cuisine Takeaway Unit.

New for 2018, Choi Kwang Do martial arts classes are also held at the Ageas Bowl, whilst 2016 also saw the venue's Elite International Sports Academy (EISA) open its college programme for those aged 16-18.

Taking the spirit of cricket to the heart of the community

Hampshire Cricket in the Community, the official charity of Hampshire Cricket, uses the power of sport, the world-class facilities at the Ageas Bowl and the Hampshire Cricket team to inspire people living in and around Hampshire to play cricket, engage in education and live well.

The charity was created in 2012 and has quickly established itself as a provider of high quality sports and education programmes for cricket clubs, schools and community groups. Our staff work with the cricketing community in Hampshire and bordering counties to raise funds and deliver projects which really make a difference.

Hampshire Cricket in the Community is a registered charity (Charity No. 1152024)

Getting to The Ageas Bowl

If walking to the Ageas Bowl, please make your way along Botley Road until you reach Marshall Drive and the giant set of cricket stumps.

Please then walk up Marshall Drive and head straight over the roundabout.

Ageas Bowl by Bus/Train

Hedge End train station is less than 2 miles away, approximately a 35 minute walk from the Ageas Bowl.

If you don’t fancy walking or jumping in a taxi from the station you can catch the First Bus No. 8 (see below). Hedge End station is located on the Portsmouth Solent Line.

Southampton Airport Parkway station is approximately 3.5 miles from the Ageas Bowl and services the Waterloo to Weymouth South West Main Line.

The Xelabus X4 then services the Ageas Bowl from the train station (see below).

For all National Rail Enquiries please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or call 03457 484 950.

First Bus No. 8 service connects the Ageas Bowl with Hedge End train station, Southampton Civic Centre or Southampton City Centre.

To view a timetable for this service, please visit www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/hampshire or telephone 08712 002 233.

The Xelabus X4 service links Southampton Airport Parkway station with the Ageas Bowl.

The bus stop can be found directly outside the entrance to the station building on platform 1 and drops off on Botley Road.

For more information please visit www.xelabus.info or telephone 02380 644715.

Ageas Bowl by Road

The Ageas Bowl is just 1.2 miles from the M27, Junction 7. When exiting the motorway please follow signs for the Ageas Bowl.

The Ageas Bowl offers complimentary parking for community visitors.

Ageas Bowl on Bike

The Ageas Bowl provides a free bicycle storage facility. This is located at the top of the hill (please pass the turnstiles on your left), between the West Gate and Matchday Ticket Office.

Ageas Bowl from Abroad

Southampton Airport is the closest airport to the Ageas Bowl, situated just 3.5 miles away. Upon arrival you can take the short trip on the First Bus No. 8 or catch a taxi.

Gatwick Airport is situated 90 miles from the Ageas Bowl and the closest airport for long haul flights. Once landed there are a number of ways to travel to the venue, please visit www.gatwickairport.com/to-and-from for more information.